CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2004 Nissan Xterra doesn't seem to have any problem trends. The only thing prospective owners should be aware of are the less-than-perfect (but acceptable) crash test ratings.
There are a very few transmission complaints, but nothing like the huge defect that shows up starting in with the 2005 model year.
Shredding the back tires on the freeway was fun to be sure, but nothing like a plastic piece on the FRONT of the car doing the same thing, coming loose on the freeway at 65 mph and having the plastic swing down and scalp the tire to the cords. Since it was the front, the pitching and shimmying was far more pronounced and violent. Good times. This is tire #3 if counting....
So pissed at this car and Nissan at this point. For the fourth time an exterior piece of plastic has come loose on the car, on the freeway and collided with the tire scalping it to the cords. It was the front left side again, so the pitching and shimmying was more violent than when the rear caps came off. A total of 4 extra tires (no big deal for a car with 100,000+ miles) just the way they failed. 4 alternators, 4 radiator hoses, 4 batteries and countless hours of paid labor. I know I'm late to the party with this, but after the latest tire fail last weekend I had to vent.
- russellf,
Los Angeles, CA, US
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Shredding the back tires on the freeway was fun to be sure, but nothing like a plastic piece on the FRONT of the car doing the same thing, coming loose on the freeway at 65 mph and having the plastic swing down and scalp the tire to the cords. Since it was the front, the pitching and shimmying was far more pronounced and violent. Good times. This is tire #3 if counting....
- russellf, Los Angeles, CA, US